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Movie Info

In 1942 Singapore, a downed Australian pilot (Khan Chittenden) joins forces with a resistance fighter (Morning Tzu-Yi Mo) to escape the Japanese troops who are hunting them.

Rating:

PG-13 (Intense War Situations|Some Bloody Images)
Genre:

history, drama, war
Original Language:

English
Director:

Aaron Wilson
Writer:

Aaron Wilson
Release Date (Theaters):

Aug 29, 2014 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 21, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA):

$8.5K
Runtime:

1h 24m

Cast & Crew

Khan Chittenden
Jim

Morning Tzu-Yi Mo
Seng

Robert Menzies
Older Jim

Edwina Wren
Wife

Aaron Wilson
Director

Aaron Wilson
Screenwriter

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Critic Reviews for Canopy

All Critics (24) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (6)

In many ways, Canopy is closer to a fairy tale than a war film, its soldier like a hero on a perilous, mystical journey through a primordial forest, with a sort of pre-linguistic logic guiding the action.

September 15, 2014 | Full Review…

Jared Eisenstat
Film Comment Magazine
A brave experiment in stripped-down, visceral filmmaking, writer-director Aaron Wilson's World War II drama "Canopy" is ultimately upended by its minimalist conceit.

September 11, 2014 | Full Review…

Gary Goldstein
Los Angeles Times
While not much is said in the Australian director Aaron Wilson's small-scale first feature, "Canopy," the film conveys volumes about war and humanity.

August 28, 2014 | Full Review…

Nicole Herrington
New York Times
This is a film that eschews epic battle scenes and carnage to delve into the quieter, no less terrifying, moments of waiting and watching.

August 28, 2014 | Full Review…

Megan Lehmann
Hollywood Reporter
To the suddenly white-hot adventure subgenre of one or two souls alone against nature... add the more modestly scaled but no less absorbing wartime survival adventure "Canopy."

August 28, 2014 | Full Review…

Eddie Cockrell
Variety
Much like his fly-boyflyboy underdog in the opening sequence, Wilson simply can't stick the landing.

August 27, 2014 | Full Review…

Aaron Hillis
Village Voice
Canopy functions as a good way for Wilson to establish himself as a talented director and craftsman, but there's very little to go on other than his technical skills.

June 26, 2019 | Rating: 6.5/10 | Full Review…

C.J. Prince
Way Too Indie
Though filmmakers had difficulty obtaining permits to shoot in the rainforest, it's impossible to think of it occurring elsewhere. Every element of this film is intricately combined to effectively draw the audience into their world.

October 26, 2018 | Full Review…

Sarah Gopaul
Digital Journal
The opposite of overreaching, the approach is refreshingly single-minded and a showcase for the director's craft...

October 12, 2017 | Full Review…

José Teodoro
Cinema Scope
Canopy's an exercise in mankind's implicit ability to trust, share, and protect as strength.

June 27, 2016 | Rating: A- | Full Review…

Jared Mobarak
The Film Stage
Canopy violates nearly every war movie convention, yet it better represents the realities of combat than most of its forerunners.

May 24, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Joe Bendel
Epoch Times
Canopy is a movie rich of its own world, an 80-minute work of filmmaking that rises above mere war or survival films and becomes something unique.

September 1, 2014 | Rating: A- | Full Review…

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